Re: proprietary kernel modules w/ kernel-package?

Kit Peters wrote:

This means that I wish to wrap the 3M driver in a .deb. What is the best
way to go about this?

I'd proceed as normal (that is, build the RPMs like you did on the other
machines, debian has the rpm utility), but instead of installing the driver
through rpm, use alien to generate a deb package, and then install the
debian package.


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